...because of the US holiday (Memorial Day) last Monday.

I mean, seriously. Diamond*, wtf?

*For those not addicted to comics: Diamond is the US distributor who, for all intents and purposes, has a monopoly on distribution of mainstream comics. Like most monopolies, they have no clue what they're doing.

A pal helpfully informed me that union rules in US say they'd have to pay 2.5x the normal rates if they wanted people to work in the holiday. Which I totally get; I don't like forcing anybody to work in a holiday either.

But this is just a case of a monopoly not planning ahead, because they don't have to. If the holiday was on the Tuesday, then yeah, I totally get it that the stuff is actually trucked around in the day before. But two days? Anyone with an IQ better than a shoe could work it out; that's what the Friday and Saturday are there for, dimwit!

But I guess it's not called "diamond" because it's bright or transparent... it's because they're a little dense... and if you try to work with them you'll realize how hard they are!

Frankly, I don't understand why a bunch of American readers don't just band together and slap Diamond's ass with a class-action suit. I would.